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【題目】 The 32nd Summer Olympic Games. will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020. Recently, the organizers showed the medals (獎牌) to be presented at the Games. The design of the medals is simple, but they look shiny from any direction. And do you know that these medals were made from old smartphones and other electronics (電子產品)?

The idea was first introduced in 2016 by a group of young Japanese environmentalists. They wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often. To protect the environment, the Organizing Committee started the "Everyone's Medal" program in April 2017. The program encouraged people to drop used electronics in certain places. By the time the collection ended in March 2019, 78,985 tons of used smartphones and other small electronics had been collected. The program finally got 32 kilos of gold, 3,500 kilos of silver (銀), and 2,200 kilos of bronze-more than enough metals (金屬) to make every medal.

The Olympic Committee hopes the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will draw people's attention to the fast increase in e-waste not just in Japan, but worldwide and cause people to rethink upgrading (更新) electronics unnecessarily.

Though Japan is the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using metals from used electronics, it is not the only one to think of the idea. Brazil made 30% of the silver and bronze medals for the 2016 Summer Olympics from recycled materials(回收材料).

【1】What do Japanese people use to make medals for the coming Summer Olympic games?

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【2】Why did young Japanese environmentalists suggest making the special medals?

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【3】How long did the "Everyone's Medal" program last?

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【4】How did the program collect metals for medals?

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【5】Is Brazil the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using e-waste?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Gold, silver and bronze from old smartphones and other electronics.

【2】Because they wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often.

【3】About 2 years.

【4】By encouraging people to drop used electronics in certain places.

【5】No.

【解析】

本篇介紹2020年奧運會的主辦國日本是第一個用廢舊電子產品制造所有獎牌的奧運會主辦國，這些獎牌是用舊的智能手機和其他電子產品制成的，奧林匹克委員會希望東京的奧運獎牌會引起日本還有全世界人關注電子垃圾的快速增長，使人們重新考慮不必要地升級電子產品。

【1】根據第一段“And do you know that these medals were made from old smartphones and other electronics”可知這些獎牌是用舊的智能手機和其他電子產品制成的，故答案為Gold, silver and bronze from old smartphones and other electronics.

【2】根據第二段“They wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often.”可知他們希望人們關注由熱愛科技的人們因變換他們的電子設備而產生電子垃圾的產生量；故答案為Because they wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often.

【3】根據第二段“To protect the environment, the Organizing Committee started the "Everyone's Medal" program in April 2017….By the time the collection ended in March 2019”可知這個項目運營大約有2年時間，故答案為About 2 years.

【4】根據第二段“”The program encouraged people to drop used electronics in certain places.可知該計劃鼓勵人們在某些地方丟棄舊電子產品，故答案為By encouraging people to drop used electronics in certain places.

【5】根據第四段“Though Japan is the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using metals from used electronics”可知日本是第一個用廢舊電子產品制造所有獎牌的奧運會主辦國，不是巴西，故答案為No.

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